Display carton



May 27, 1969' A. STARK 3,446,412

DISPLAY CARTON Filed March 29, 1968 Sheet of 2 FIG! FIG. 2

INVENTOR ARTHUR STARK ATTORNEYS May 27, 1969 Filed March 29, 1968 FIG. 3

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DI SPLAY CARTON Sheet 8 of2 ARTHUR STARK ATTORNEYS better show the construction of ilnited 3,446,412 DISPLAY CARTON Arthur Stark, Astoria, N.Y., assignor to Federal Carton Corporation, North Bergen, N..l., a corporation of New York Filed Mar. 29, 1968, Ser. No. 717,271 Int. Cl. B65d /48, 25/04; A47f 7/03 US. Cl. 229-15 4 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISQLOSURE In present-day packaging and shipping it is frequently desirable to utilize a corrugated shipping carton as a display case. To accomplish this, it is of course essential that the contents of the shipping container or carton be so arranged that when the carton is opened the contents are attractively arranged and form a proper display.

In the present instance, the material to be shipped and displayed constitutes envelopes or pouches of material such as dehydrated soup, tea or the like. In order to provide compartments for the packages and to assure that the packages will remain in their compartments and will not slide forwardly, fiberboard partitions are provided, which partitions at the base thereof are formed with lips which incline upwardly when the cover is turned back and the shipping display placed in an upright position, these lips being held in their upwardly inclined position by means of tabs formed integrally therewith which bear against the vertical partition walls, holding the tabs in the desired position.

Additionally, the partitions are so formed as to reduce the amount of material utilized and eliminate the use of separate trays, while at the same time tabs are formed in certain of the horizontal partition walls which in assembling the partition walls in the container are caused to extend upwardly to prevent the pouches in the various compartments which are formed without an interior rear wall, relying upon the rear wall of the container, from sliding down behind others of the compartments which do have a second partition wall.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide corrugated or fiberboard partition walls for shipping containers which compartmentalize the shipping container and provide for display of the contents thereof when the carton is opened and placed in a standing position, the compartmenting partitions being simple in construction, adequately locked together, and providing means for maintaining the goods display in proper display position.

Other features of the invention will be apparent when the following description is considered in connection with the annexed drawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a shipping container in accordance with my invention, with the cover flaps bent back and a portion of a side wall omitted in order to partition walls placed therein;

FIGURE 2 is a side elevational view of one of the vertical partition walls;

FIGURE 3 is a top-plan view of the blank constituting horizontal partitions in its flat condition before the vertical partitions of FIGURE 2 have been assembled therewith; and

FIGURE 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken on the plane of the line 4-4 of FIGURE 1.

Referring now to the drawings and particularly to FIG- URE 1, there is shown therein a container 10 which is generally rectangular and which is quite shallow, since it is designed to display a limited number of envelopes in each of the compartments formed in a manner hereafter to be described.

The container 10 is subdivided by means of the vertical walls 11 and the horizontal walls 16 and 18 into a number of compartments, the partitioning being formed in the manner shortly to be described and the assembled partition walls being inserted into the shipping container 10 before the goods are placed therein.

In the particular instance, the shipping container is divided by the partition walls into sixteen compartments comprising four horizontal rows of four compartments each, but it will be obvious that both the number of horizontal rows and the number of vertical rows can be modified.

Referring now to FIGURE 3, the blank from which the horizontally extending walls 16 and 18 are formed is shown at 13. Blank 13 is provided with score lines 14 and 15, dividing the blank into three panels 16, 17 and 18. Additionally, the blank 13 is provided with score lines 19 and 20 which together with the cuts 21 and 22 respectively form tabs 23 and 24. The score lines 19 and 20 are spaced from the score lines 14 and 15 respectively a distance substantially equal to the depth of the shipping container 10.

Along the score line 14 at spaced points tabs 25 are cut from the material of the blank 13, which tabs, as will appear hereafter, serve to prevent envelopes from moving out of position and getting between the vertically extending panel 17 of the blank 13 and the rear wall of the shipping container 10. Similar tabs may be provided along the lower score line 15, if necessary, which they may be since there is no assurance that the container will remain upright during shipping.

Spaced across the blank 13 are slots 26, which slots accommodate the vertical partitions 11. As is clear from FIGURE 3, the slots extend the full height of the panel 17 of the blank 13, which panel is vertical when the blank is folded and assembled, and extend into the panels 16 and 18 of the blank 13 for approximately half the width thereof.

In assembling the blank 13 with the vertical partitions 11, the blank 13 is first folded on the score lines 14 and 15 into a substantially U formation, after which the blank is folded along the score lines 19 and 20 to position the lips 27 and 28 at right angles to their respective panels 22, with both lips extending upwardly. The vertical strips 11 are then inserted into the slots 26 until the slots 31 of the partitions 11 (see FIG. 2) engage the panels 22 forwardly of the slots in panels 16 and 18, at which time the front edges of the partitions 11 will be substantially flush with the score lines 19 and 20, the tabs 23 and 24 extending downwardly and overlying the front edges of the partitions 11.

The tabs 25, since they are not divided from the panel 17 by score lines, will inherently remain in the vertical position when the blank 13 is folded into the U form and will thus lie against the rear wall of the shipping container 10 when the assembled partition member is inserted therein. Lips 27 and 28, although folded into a substantially right-angle position during the assembly of the blank and vertical partitions, will assume the position shown in FIGURES l and 4 as soon as released, thereby providing easy access for placing the envelopes of material designated 40 in FIGURE 4 in their respective compartments.

When the cover is closed, the lips 27 and 2 8 will of course be restored to the position in which they are parallel to the panel 17 and will remain in this position during shipping. When the shipping container is opened and set up, for example, in the manner shown in FIGURE 4, the lips 27 and 28 will again assume the upwardly inclined position and will prevent envelopes from sliding forwardly and possibly being forced out of the display position. At the same time, the tabs will rest behind the envelopes in the rows having no back panels 17 and will prevent envelopes of those rows from sliding down behind the vertical panels 17.

As is seen in FIGURES 1 and 4, the cover member 31 of the shipping container 10 is arranged in any suitable manner to be folded behind the container when set up for display. As shown, the cover flaps are scored and folded behind the container which is placed on a suitable stand to slightly tip the container. As shown, the stand is an easelli-ke member 30 formed with edges 31 and upright edges 32 holding the display container 10 at a slight angle to the vertical.

As will be seen particularly from FIGURES l and 4, the compartments are filled with packages 40 which may, as indicated, he envelopes of powdered or granular content, or other packages such as cartons. Thus it is an extremely simple operation to set up the package in the form shown in FIGURE 4 and produce a pleasing display of the goods while utilizing the shipping container itself as the basic unit for such display.

It will of course be understood that although a container 10 which is subdivided into 16 compartments is shown, utilizing two blanks 13 and three vertical members 11, other numbers of compartments may be provided; that is, the number of compartments per horizontal row may be adjusted by merely increasing the width of the blank 13 and multiples of two vertical rows may be added by utilizing longer vertical partition members 11 and utilizing additional folded blanks 13 for each pair of such added rows of compartments. Other obvious variations of the structure are of course contemplated, and I wish therefore to be limited not by the foregoing description, but on the contrary, solely by the claims granted to me.

What is claimed is:

1. A partition structure for a shipping and display container comprising, in combination, at least one cardboard blank folded to form three panels, with the center panel extending vertically and at right angles to the other panels, said center panel having a plurality of slots therein, said slots extending into the other panels and occupying a portion of the depth thereof, a plurality of individual vertical partition walls equal to the number of said slots mounted in said slots, said partition walls extending at right angles to said center panel and said other panels,

said partition walls having the forward edges thereof in the plane of the forward edges of said other panels, lips formed by folding extensions of said other panels up wardly, said lips having downwardly extending tabs integral therewith, said tabs being located adjacent the forward edge of each partition wall and resting against said edge to hold said lips at an angle to the corresponding other panel.

2. A partition structure as claimed in claim 1 wherein said other panels have tabs cut therein on the edge opposite said lip and between said vertical partition walls, said tabs extending vertically to prevent envelopes in the corresponding compartment formed by said partition structure from entering between the rear wall of the container and said center panel.

3. A partition structure as claimed in claim 1, said lips being adapted to lie against said front edges of said vertical partition walls when the carton cover is in place, said lips being returned to an inclined position when said carton cover is'removed, said lips retaining envelopes in rows of compartments therefor when the carton is in a display position inclined to the vertical.

4. A shipping and display container comprising, in combination, a generally rectangular carton of predetermined depth and a partition structure dividing said carton into a plurality of compartments, said partition structure comprising at least one fiberboard blank folded to form a central panel extending vertically along the rear wall of said carton, and a pair of panels joined to said central panel extending horizontally from side to side of said carton, said panels being of the depth of said carton, a plurality of slots in said central panel, said slots extending forwardly into said horizontal panels, a plurality of vertical partition walls equal to the number of said slots, said partition walls having slots extending rearwardly from the forward edges thereof, said slots of said horizontal panels and vertical partition walls interengaging, lips integral with said horizontal panels, said lips having tabs integral therewith, said lips being formed by folding forward extensions of said horizontal panel upwardly along fold lines, said tabs being formed by cuts extending to intersect said fold lines, said lips extending at an inclination to said horizontal panels and being retained in said inclined position by engagement of said tabs with the forward edges of said vertical partition walls.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,840,293 6/ 1958 Paige 229--15 2,925,209 2/1960 Wasyluka 229--l5 3,152,744 10/1964 Vrana.

DAVID M. BOCKENEK, Primary Examiner.

US. Cl. X:R. 2173 1; 229-42 

